Sri Kanshiram Ji Urdu Arabi-Farsi University (UAF), Lucknow, have
joined hands to start study centres in each district of Uttar Pradesh
to promote teaching of Urdu at certificate, diploma and degree levels.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IGNOU and Urdu-Arabic and
Persian University was inked on April 1, 2011 for cooperation in
achieving the common goals of higher education.
UAF University was setup by the U.P. government in October 2009 with a
view to promote Urdu, Arabic and Persian languages and to enable the
linguistic minorities to become employable by acquiring higher and
need-based education.
Both the universities have agreed to offer joint degree, diploma and
certificate programmes with particular emphasis on the promotion of
Urdu, Arabic and Persian, along with vocational and other important
subjects.
This shall include vocational and other courses run through Urdu
medium as well as through distance learning and online mode. Both the
Universities will undertake and support staff training in techniques
and management, facilitate inter-institutional communication links,
support evaluation and applied research, he said.
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